Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Shock, Almon And Philip 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

ALMON AND PHILIP SHOCK, now residents of Metamora Township, Lapeer County, are
the sons of Joseph and Melinda (Pierson) Shock, both natives of Pennsylvania, in
which State they were united in marriage and in which the father follows the
occupation of a tiller of the soil, his home being at that time in Northampton.
County, His wife died in 1878 and he was again married. There were ten children
born to the first wife, nine of whom are now living. In 1870, the family removed
to Michigan and settled on two hundred and forty acres on sections 20 and 21, in
Matamora Township. The following year they built an addition to their house
having at that time two hundred and forty acres under splendid cultivation, In
1884 Mr. Shock moved to Kansas and took up land in Butler County, which is now
finely improved and consists of one hundred and sixty broad acres.

  Almon Shock has had entire supervision of the homestead farm since his father
removed to Kansas. The home property, however, is still undivided. Almon and his
brother carry on a general farming business equally divided between grain and
stock, which yields a liberal return for the labor expended upon it. Almon was
born in Pennsylvania, January 13, 1853, where he received a limited
district-school education. He is fond of home and has always remained there. At
the age of twenty-four he was married to Miss Ann E. Jones, who is a daughter of
John Jones of this township. She is a native of England having been born there
in 1852. She came to Michigan with her parents at an early age. Their
hearthstone has not been cheered by the bright faces and happy voices of
childhood as they have no children.

  Philip Shock was born December 24, 1865, and his marriage to Miss Ledessie
Etnire was celebrated in February, 1890. The bride is a daughter of Samuel
Etnire, who is a resident of Butler County, Kan. Mrs. Shock was born December 4,
1871 in Indiana. Their home has been blessed by the advent of one child whom
they have named Floyd. They are both consistent members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

  The Shock brothers are good Republicans in their political views, following
the footsteps of their father, who, although not aspiring to political honors,
held many offices in the county, having been County Surveyor of Lapeer County
for many years and is now holding the responsible position of Postmaster at
Lorena, Kan. He is a well-educated man and began teaching school at the early
age of nineteen years. He is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
where he resides. The two sons of this worthy parent possess a good deal of
their father's push and energy and work harmoniously together and are bound to
make a success of life.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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